I’ve studied in Greenville and at Baylor School, and spent summers exploring environmental science, neuroscience, and computer programming. Here’s what that has looked like so far.
I attend Baylor on a competitive $25,000 annual merit scholarship.
Every Cartter Scholar is also a member of the Harris-Stanford Honors Program, which is modeled after college honors programs and built around civic engagement, seminars, travel, and leadership.
Baylor’s Cartter Scholars in their red blazers on the quad — the program I’m part of.
SENIOR YEAR · BAYLOR SCHOOL · 2026–2027
Earlier advanced coursework includes AP Calculus AB, AP Physics 1, AP English Literature and Composition, AP English Language and Composition, AP Human Geography, AP Computer Science Principles, Honors Chemistry, Honors Precalculus, Spanish IV, and Foundations of Scientific Research.
BAYLOR SCHOOL · 2025–PRESENT
Can the way we prepare soil affect the quality of lettuce?
In Baylor’s Research Scholars curriculum, I compared organic mulching with conventional tillage. Over 4 weeks, I collected and recorded measurements from 48 plant samples, using a refractometer to measure Brix values and monitoring plant growth.
The preliminary results didn’t establish a clear relationship between soil preparation and Brix values, or show improved nutritional quality. Working through the limitations was part of the investigation. I presented my findings at Baylor’s Research Symposium and am continuing the work in senior year through Honors Advanced Research: Sustainability.
Presenting my lettuce research at Baylor’s Research Symposium with Dr. Robin Fazio.
I studied environmental science in UC Berkeley’s summer program, continuing an interest that began in Baylor’s organic garden.
Out on the bay during UC Berkeley’s environmental science summer program in 2026. I’m the one on the right.
I explored neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry. For my capstone, I designed and presented a concept for a helmet that could monitor head impacts, inspired by what I learned about concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. It was a proposed design, not a built or tested device.
Presenting my helmet concept at Stanford’s Clinical Neuroscience Immersion Experience (CNI-X), summer 2024.
I studied Python for machine learning and Java through Minecraft modding at iD Tech, a separate program held on Stanford’s campus.
On Stanford’s campus for iD Tech in summer 2023, studying programming. I was still in middle school; this was separate from my later Stanford CNI-X program.
I completed Psychology: The Science of People.
The Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics campus, where I spent summer 2022 in a psychology course.
Technical skills: Python · Java · C++
I’ve attended Baylor in Chattanooga since tenth grade.
In ninth grade, I took honors English, biology, mathematics, and Spanish, alongside AP Human Geography.
I attended the gifted and talented program before high school.